Editing Beck (section)

===''Guero'' and ''The Information'' (2004–2007)===
[[File:Beck Hansen.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|left|Beck in 2005]]
''[[Guero]]'', Beck's ninth studio album, was recorded over the span of nine months during which several significant events occurred in his life: his girlfriend, Marissa Ribisi, became pregnant; they were married; their son, Cosimo, was born; and they moved out of Silver Lake.<ref name=nyt05>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/magazine/06BECK.html| title=Beck at a Certain Age| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=March 6, 2005| access-date=July 11, 2013| author=Lubow, Arthur| location=New York City| issn=0362-4331| archive-date=October 10, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010033308/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/magazine/beck-at-a-certain-age.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="guerolito"/> The collaboration with the Dust Brothers, his second, was notable for their use of high-tech measures to achieve a lo-fi sound.<ref name="nyt05"/> For example, after recording a "sonically perfect" version of a song at one of the nicest recording studios in Hollywood, the Dust Brothers processed it in an [[Echoplex]] to create a gritty, reverb-heavy sound: "We did this high-tech recording and ran it through a [[transistor radio]]. It sounded too good, that was the problem."<ref name="nyt05"/> Initially due to be released in October 2004, ''Guero'' faced delays and did not come out until March 2005, though unmastered copies of the tracks surfaced online in January.<ref name="finished">{{cite news|access-date=May 7, 2008|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496060/20050119/index.jhtml?headlines=true|title=Finished Version of That Beck LP You Downloaded Due in March|publisher=MTV News|date=January 19, 2005|author=Perez, Rodrigo|archive-date=January 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115015010/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496060/20050119/index.jhtml?headlines=true|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Guero'' debuted at number two on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 162,000 copies, an all-time sales high.<ref name="guerobb">{{cite news|access-date=July 12, 2013|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63396/50s-massacre-staves-off-becks-guero|title=50's ''Massacre'' Staves Off Beck's ''Guero''|publisher=MTV News|date=April 6, 2005|archive-date=September 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914090150/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63396/50s-massacre-staves-off-becks-guero|url-status=live}}</ref> Lead single "[[E-Pro]]" peaked at number one at Modern Rock radio, making it his first chart-topper since "Loser".<ref name="charts">{{cite press release |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title = Beck's GUERO Debuts at #2 |date = April 6, 2005 |publisher = PR Newswire |location = Los Angeles |url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/becks-guero-debuts-at-2-54203112.html |access-date = July 12, 2013 |quote = The numbers and critical acclaim have aligned: Beck's Guero entered the Top 200 albums at #2 today, representing an all-time sales high for the three-time Grammy winner. |archive-date = November 6, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131106103736/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/becks-guero-debuts-at-2-54203112.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Beck, inspired by the [[Nintendocore]] remix scene and feeling a connection with its lo-fi, home-recording method, collaborated with artists 8-Bit and Paza on ''[[Hell Yes (EP)|Hell Yes]]'', an [[Extended play|EP]] issued in February 2005.<ref name="guerolito"/> In December 2005, Geffen also issued ''[[Guerolito]]'', a fully reworked version of ''Guero'' featuring remixes by the [[Beastie Boys]]' [[Ad-Rock]], the Dust Brothers' [[John King (producer)|John King]] and Scottish electronic duo [[Boards of Canada]].<ref name="guerolito"/> ''Guerolito'' combines remixes previously heard as B-sides and new versions of album tracks to make a track-by-track reconfiguration of the album.<ref name="guerolito">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511842/20051019/beck.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408201440/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511842/20051019/beck.jhtml| title=Beastie Boys, Dust Brothers Get Their Hands on Beck's ''Guero''|author=Montgomery, James|date=October 19, 2005|publisher=MTV News|access-date=July 12, 2013|archive-date=April 8, 2008}}</ref> Also released in 2005 was ''A Brief Overview'', a 12-track promotional-only "History of Beck" compilation CD sampler that featured a combination of older and newer Beck tracks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''A Brief Overview'' |url=https://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=320319 |date=2005 |author=Beck |access-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-date=January 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040728/https://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=320319 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Beck 2006-01.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Beck in 2006]]
''[[The Information (Beck album)|The Information]]'', Beck's tenth studio album, began production around the same time as ''Guero'', in 2003. Working again with Godrich, Beck built a studio in his garden, where they wrote many of the tracks.<ref name=rs06>{{cite news| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beck-breaks-new-ground-20061005| title=Beck Breaks New Ground| work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]| date=October 5, 2006| access-date=July 12, 2013| author=Serpick, Evan| issue=1010| page=16| publisher=[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] [[Limited liability company|LLC]]| location=New York City| issn=0035-791X| archive-date=March 26, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326015551/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beck-breaks-new-ground-20061005| url-status=live}}</ref> "The idea was to get people in a room together recording live, hitting bad notes and screaming," said Beck, adding that the album is best described as "introspective hip hop".<ref name="rs06.1">{{cite news | title=Fall Music Preview: Beck, ''The Information''| work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]| date=September 7, 2006| issue =1008| page =32| publisher =[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] [[Limited liability company|LLC]]| location =New York City | issn =0035-791X}}</ref> Beck described the recording process as "painful", noting that he edited down songs constantly and he perhaps recorded the album three times.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|title=Beck's 'Painful' Album|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20061002_beckday2.shtml|publisher=BBC|date=October 2, 2006|access-date=October 16, 2006|archive-date=October 22, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022162317/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20061002_beckday2.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> For the release, Beck was allowed for the first time to fulfill a long-running wish for an unconventional rollout: he made low-budget videos to accompany each song, packaged the CD with sheets of stickers so buyers could customize the cover, and leaked tracks and videos on his website months ahead of the album's release.<ref name="rs06"/><ref>{{cite news |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1535009/20060623/beck.jhtml?headlines=true|title=Beck Giving Fans Sticky Fingers With Quasi-Hip-Hop Album|publisher=MTV|date=June 26, 2006|author=Montgomery, James| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080502051307/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1535009/20060623/beck.jhtml?headlines=true| archive-date= May 2, 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> Digital download releases automatically downloaded the song's additional video for each single sale, and physical copies came bundled with an additional DVD featuring fifteen videos.<ref name="rs06"/>